| YOMKIPPUR | An annual Jewish holiday and a day of fasting, also called the Day of Atonement (3,6) |
| TISHAHBAB | Bishop somewhat backpedalling, accepting Eastern ruler's day of fasting |
| REPELLENT | Unlikeable agent held stomach on days of fasting (9) |
| TAKELEAVE | Accept a holiday and say goodbye |
| REMINISCE | Get nostalgic about sort of pie that's served at holidays and is filling (9) |
| BREAKAWAY | Slow down, say, on holiday and split (5,4) |
| MAKEMYDAY | At last, pick me up during bank holiday and delight me |
| REDLETTER | Indicator of holidays and saints' days on old calendars (3-6) |
| TUESDAY | Day the Romans called the day of Mars |
| VACATIONS | What families enjoy during holidays and summers (9) |
| KOLNIDRE | Opening prayer of the Jewish service held on the eve of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement); Aramaic, 'all vows' (3,5) |
| DUNMOW | ____ Flitch, a piece of bacon traditionally given in an Essex village to a couple happily married for a year and a day (6) |
| CHRISTTHEREDEEMER | Facebook Status: "2016 Summer Olympics and a day trip to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!" |
| MARXBROTHERS | Stars of A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (4,8) |
| GOFORACRUISE | Make a choice of holiday, and pick any of the films that are answers to asterisked clues, perhaps (12) |
| EMBER | ___ Day (day of fasting) |
| DOFF | Remove day of fasting to avoid a pain (4) |
| PASSOVER | Annual Jewish feast to commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egyptian captivity (8) |
| IRIG | Kate Winslet in The Holiday, and also Kate Winslet in an eponymous drama (4) |
| RAMADAN | A month and a day in a scientist's possession (7) |
